Noe Joe McKinzie remained in the Parker County Jail Thursday night accused of stealing more than $10,000 from the Peaster Baseball Association. The group has cancelled its 2014 season. (By Mitch Mitchell)

February 26, 2014

A missing elderly North Richland Hills woman was found safe late Wednesday in Rhome.

Rosemary Herod had been driving around and realized that she was lost, North Richland Hills police said. She stopped and called her family from Rhome.

Her family contacted Rhome police at about 11:20 p.m. Wednesday and officers located here.

Rhome police waited at the scene until Herod's family members arrived.

North Richland Hills police Wednesday had been trying to find Herod, 85, who was last seen in Bedford.

Here's their press release:

The North Richland Hills Police Department is seeking the assistance of the public in locating 85-year old Rosemary Herod, missing since the afternoon hours of Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. The Silver Alert Program was activated through the Texas Department of Public Safety due to circumstances of her disappearance.

Rosemary Herod is a White female, whom on Wednesday, Feb. 26, failed to return home after attending a doctor’s appointment in Bedford. Mrs. Herod was last seen at Walgreen’s, 6350 Davis Boulevard, between 4:00 and 4:30 PM, where she had stopped to pick up a prescription.

The police are concerned for the safety of Mrs. Herod and are currently working her disappearance as a Missing Persons report. Information indicates that Mrs. Herod could be confused about her whereabouts and may have trouble finding her way home.

The North Richland Hills Police Department is asking the public for any information regarding the whereabouts of Rosemary Herod to contact NRHPD (817) 427-7014 or your local police agency immediately.

A scam resurfaced this week in which callers claiming to be Tarrant County court officials tell people that they failed to report for jury duty and have to pay a fine over the phone.

It's bogus, according to bailiff Paula Morales, who has worked with juries for 20 years.

“People are told: ‘Give us a credit card number. We’ll take care of it over the phone and we’ll be done,’” Morales said. “But people get scared. They think, ‘It’s the government’ and think, ‘Oh, my gosh. I just want it taken care of.’ ”

Arlington police on Wednesday shared surveillance video footage of the robbery Tuesday that resulted in the death of an empoloyee at the Red Wing Shoes store south Arlington.

The Tarrant County medical examiner's office on Wednesday had not yet released the name of the store employee who was killed, but broadcast news reports stated he was Randy Pacheco, 22.

The video shows a masked gunman in a hoodie and distinctive blue shoes wandering the store. At one point, the employee's dog is seen following the gunman.

Police also reminded citizens that another video shows what they believe is the suspect's getaway vehicle -- a light-colored, possibly champagne-colored, Toyota Tacoma pickup with a lift and oversized tires.

The truck was recorded on video traveling north on South Cooper Street, Houston said.

UPDATE: The two people were identified Patrol Sgt. Nick Pitofsky, 47, of the Crandall Police Department and his wife Vanessa, 42, according to WFAA Channel 8. They lived in Dallas, but he was a police officer in Crandall, about 20 miles southeast of Dallas.

FROM EARLIER: Dallas police are investigating the slayings of a man and a woman in Dallas, and the man has been identified as an "officer from another city."

Details were limited at 4 p.m., but here's a press release from the DPD media relations unit:

"On February 26, 2014, at about 12:05 p.m., officers responded to a welfare check in the 1800 block of Browder. Upon arrival, officers requested DFR who breached the front door. Once inside, officers found a male and female deceased inside the residence from gunshot wounds. The male suspect is a police officer in a neighboring suburban city. This offense is still under investigation and next of kin has not been made."

Moments later, Lt. Max Geron, media relations supervisor, added this comment on Twitter: " ... not actively searching for a suspect related to Browder. Deceased male at scene was officer from another city."

This sounds like a murder suicide, although DPD hasn't officially said that yet.

Tarrant County prosecutors have dropped a charge of improper relationship with a student against a former teacher in the Everman school district because of a recent appeals court ruling. (By Mitch Mitchell)